'Barbenheimer' frenzy hits US cinemas as 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' open

(From left) Gabrielle Roitman, Kayla Seffing, Maddy Hiller and Casey Myer take a selfie in front of an 'Oppenheimer' movie poster before they attended an advance screening of 'Barbie' in Los Angeles. — Photo: AP

Dolls in neon pink dreamhouses, scientists at Los Alamos, or both?

Barbie and Oppenheimer hit North American movie theaters on Friday, in what is expected to be among Hollywood's biggest weekends of the year – inspiring a frenzy for the diametrically opposed films.